''Too'' is the second studio album by American

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band Fidlar, released September 4, 2015.

Singles

The album's

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"40 oz. On Repeat" was released on June 2, 2015, along with an official video. The album's second single "Drone" and its video were released exclusively on iTunes and

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on August 13, 2015 before being released to all retail formats the next day. The song is featured in the soundtrack to the video game WWE 2K17. "Why Generation" was promoted as the album's third single with the premiere of an animated music video composed of almost entirely emojis. The video was directed by Ryan Baxley and animated by Nolan Fabricius.

Promotional singles

"West Coast" was released on July 15, 2015 as the album's first promotional single, along with a music video featuring performance footage. An original demo of the song was previously included on the band's 2012 EP ''Shit We Recorded In Our Bedroom''. "Leave Me Alone" was released on August 27, 2015 as the album's second promotional single, accompanied by a lyric video.

Critical reception

Upon release, ''Too'' received generally positive reviews from

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. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a generally favorable score of 76 based on 20 reviews.

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ranked it #46 on their top 50 albums of 2015.

Track listing

Personnel

;Fidlar * Zac Carper –

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* Elvis Kuehn – guitar, vocals * Brandon Schwartzel –

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, vocals * Max Kuehn –

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, percussion ;Production * Alice Baxley – photography * Ryan Baxley – design * Paul Cossette – assistant engineer *

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– mastering * Jason Hall – recording *

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– producer, recording * Melissa Spillman – production assistant * Caleb VanBuskirk – studio assistant

Charts

References

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